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Originally Posted by MMM
If you are going to apply throught the consulate in Seattle, then that is where your interview will take place. Each consulate has a certain number of slots to fill, so they they are each separate entities when it comes to applications.
Your major really doesn't matter. It's having a four-year degree that opens doors.
Are you looking for citizenship, or permanent residency. The latter is a more realistic goal. Unless you are fluent in reading and writing as well as speaking and listening, I think getting into the Japanese Police Academy might be a pretty ambitious goal. I think expecting that kind of fluency in two years is also a lot to ask of yourself, good with languages or not.
Like you said, there are all kinds of jobs within law enforcement. I think you need to think about what YOU have that other candidates don't. The obvious thing is fluency in English, but there may be more.
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So, that means I will need to fly back home (Seattle) for the interviews huh... expensiveeeee hah
And I just assumed that in order to work in the Japanese government that I would need to be a citizen. Is this not so?
Senshi: I have a sort of 'in' that should help me learn Japanese faster if I choose to stay motivated. I met my girlfriend when she was an exchange student this past year at my university and she is now back in Japan. She happens to go the university that I am attending this fall & spring so I will be able to meet a lot of Japanese students through her and so I should have many opportunities to try my Japanese out. The hardest thing is speaking Japanese to her though, it's a pain trying to say everything I want to in a language I'm not very fluent in... and it takes a long time. Not too mention you always want to look competent in the eyes of those whose opinion you respect the most... it's sort of a pride thing that I need to get past.
And one more thing Senshi, if I want to teach for those 4-5 years, wouldn't I need to get a teacher's certificate?